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WHUS52 KKEY 011614
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1214 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* AT 1214 PM EDT, A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED OVER CRAIG KEY,
OR NEAR BOY SCOUTS FLORIDA SEA BASE, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VESSELS AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CRAIG KEY, BOY SCOUTS FLORIDA SEA BASE, CHANNEL KEY PASS LIGHT, AND
LONG KEY VIADUCT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2489 8069 2488 8069 2488 8070 2487 8071
2477 8070 2477 8091 2487 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 271DEG 9KT 2481 8079
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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